[K12OSN] VNC from "outside" the local network

[Jim Hays]

Thanks for the info. 


Les Mikesell wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 10:35, Jim Hays wrote:
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>>I need to be able to get a session (through VNC or X or ??) from the 
>>part of our network that is outside the K12LTSP lab. 
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>>Could anyone tell me how I would go about doing that?  Now, when I try 
>>to VNC into the machine, it doesn't work. 
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>First, you have to use the machine's 'outside' interface IP address
>or DNS name for the connection.  Next you either have to make
>sure you don't have iptables firewalling blocking the X/vnc
>connection, or you have to use ssh forwarding to get through.
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>If there is a machine that accepts ssh logins that you can reach from
>outside and that can reach the vnc server (in this case they are
>the same box...) and you are using the Linux vncviewer program
>you can use the -via gateway option and it will set up ssh
>port-forwarding for you.
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